Being John Malkovich (1999)

Synopsis

Leftfield comedy which marked the feature film debuts of director Spike Jonze and writer Charlie Kaufman. Unappreciated as a puppeteer and bored with his ten-year marriage, Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) takes a job in an office, where he discovers a portal into the mind of actor John Malkovich.
See more Leftfield comedy which marked the feature film debuts of director Spike Jonze and writer Charlie Kaufman. Unappreciated as a puppeteer and bored with his ten-year marriage, Craig Schwartz (John Cusack) takes a job in an office, where he discovers a portal into the mind of actor John Malkovich. To his amazement, he then finds that he is able to occupy and control Malkovich's body; but when he shares this discovery with his wife Lotte (Cameron Diaz) it leads to all kinds of trouble.
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Our review

"With Spike Jonze behind the camera and Charlie Kaufman's brilliantly original script to play with, this truly is a remarkable, memorable and surreal dark comedy, and whilst Cusack and Diaz shine, Malkovich wins all the praise with his bitter interpretation of himself."

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